Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency’s English Desk plans to cover on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

TURKEY

ANKARA - Following latest developments in Eastern Mediterranean.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in coronavirus outbreak across Turkey, worldwide.

ANKARA - Following latest developments in normalization deal reached by UAE, Israel.

US

WASHINGTON - US demonstrators to hold mass protest in nation's capital against police violence, racial injustice.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Informal meeting of EU foreign ministers to be held in Berlin.

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel to hold traditional annual summer press conference.

UK

LONDON - Environmentalist group Extinction Rebellion to start 3 days of rallies.

SWITZERLAND

GENEVA - Syria Constitutional Committee to continue meeting.

JAPAN

TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to announce his resignation due to health concerns.

LIBYA

TRIPOLI - Following developments after UN-recognized government announced nationwide cease-fire.

MALI

BAMAKO - Following developments after military coup ousting President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - TurkStat to reveal Road Motor Vehicles data for July, economic confidence index for August.

ANKARA - Turkish Central Bank to release data for International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity for July.

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey: Participation banks’ net profit up 32% in H1

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's participation banks’ net profit surged 32% in the first half of 2020, year-on-year, to reach 1.65 billion Turkish liras ($228 million).

SPECIAL REPORT

French football clubs suffer dry spell in European cups

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Paris Saint-Germain’s UEFA Champions League loss to Germany's Bayern Munich last weekend marks the latest instance where a French football club has been unable to break a long-running jinx in the UEFA final.

SPECIAL REPORT

Palestinian girl narrates her life in Israeli prison

By Salam Abu Sharar

RAMALLAH (AA) - For over the past five years, Palestinian woman Bayan Faroun, 26, is hoping against the hope that one day her fiance Ahmed will emerge from the locked gates of Israeli prison to tie the nuptial knot.

SPECIAL REPORT

India: 4 years on, university student still missing

By Cheena Kapoor

NEW DELHI, India (AA) - Exactly four years ago today, Najeeb Ahmed left his home after spending a week with his mother during his college break. But less than two months later, he disappeared from the prominent central university following a scuffle with students connected with a right-wing organization.

SPECIAL REPORT

Italian govt faces crash test with schools reopening

By Giada Zampano

ROME (AA) - Italy’s government has ensured that it doesn’t plan a new lockdown to curb a surge in COVID-19 infections, but as schools prepare to reopen in mid-September, Rome risks failing in its key task of preventing a new pandemic wave.